Railway passenger-vehicle.



PATENTED DEC. 13-, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 777,624, dated December 13, 1904.

Application flied July 28, 1904.

Serial No. 218,501, (No model-I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GIBBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Passenger-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the drawings accompanying and form ing partof the same.

My invention relates to railway passengercars,,more particularly to the construction of the side posts and window-frames.

It has for its object to provide a windowframe construction in combination with the side posts which shall be strong, light in weight, .sightly in appearance, and inexpensive in manufacture. The structure may be made entirely of metal or combined with noninflammable materials. Wood maybe substituted for certain parts, if desired.

For a full understanding of my invention reference'may be had to the drawings, which show the preferred embodiment and a modification.

Figure 1 shows a part of the side wall of the car. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections on lines II II and III III, respectively. of Fig. 1.

. Figs. 4-and 5 are also sections of Fig. 1, taken on lines IV IV and V V, respectively. Fig. 6 isa section. on line VI VI of Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections similar to Figs. 4and 5, but showing the wood fillers.

The side posts orsupports for the roof are preferably flanged irons and may be angles or PS. The former will usually be used in the wide posts, as 1 2, Fig. 4, and the T.-irons in the narrow posts, as 3, Fig. 5. These memhere in the preferred construction extend from the lower member 4 of the side truss to the roof unbroken. The belt-rail below the windows is formed by the upper member 5 of the side truss, and on the belt-rail is fastened a plate 6, constituting the outer window-sill. This plate may consist of a single piece as long as the car, with sections out from the inner edge, so that it will fit the posts and extend inwardly under-the lower sashes. I prefer, however, to make thesill-plate in shorter sections for one, two, or more windows.

The flanges of the post or post-irons are sashes narrow metal strips oppositely disposed, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6,

and 7, and fitted in the angles thereof are fillers be cored out to receive the rivets or bolts by which the fillers are secured. The studs bear against the post members, as in.Fig. 4, and the registering studs on the opposite filler, as in Fig. 5. The fillers extend upward from the sill or belt-rail to about the level of the roof-beam 10, their flanges being somewhat shorter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, to receive the top of the frame. The latter part is shown at 11, its positionbeing shown in Fig. 6 in dotted lines, and it is preferably a box-like casting rabbeted on its inner edge to receive the upper sash. It may be secured to the post members by bolts or rivets, as 12.

The outer stops or guides for the upper sash are formed, preferably, by channel-bars 13, removably secured to the filler by screws or other suitable means and extending to the upper frame-piece 11. Adjacent to the stops 13 are box-like castings 14, extending a short distanceabove the sill and constituting abutments on which the upper sash rests in its lowered position. The inner stops for the lower sash (shown fillers by means to permit their removal. They consist, preferably, of pressed metal, so as to exert a spring-pressure on the sash and are each formed with a groove 17, constituting guides for the curtain 18. Between the 19 may be proat 16) are secured to the vided, fastened to the fillers by screws, rivets,

If desired, a on the sill 6 bolts, or other suitable means. narrow plate 20 may be provided for thelowersash and the abutments 14 to rest.

on. The inside sill consists of a flanged piece v 21, preferably a casting, which may hollowed,

as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to lessen its weight. It carries a finishing strip or plate 22, secured thereto in any convenient way.

The space between the fillers 7 8 is closed on the inside of the car by a sheet 23, ofany suitable material, preferably sound-deadening and non-inflammable. A good material for this purpose is the composition known as transits, On the sheet 23 is asheathing of l 'In the narrow posts no support other than for the sheathings 23 2.4; li

the fillers is needed but in the wide posts supports may be provided in the center thereof and also at the edges, if desired. These may consist of vertical strips 25, having projections or lugs 26, through which extend carrying-rods, as 26, suitably secured to the fillers '7 8.

The outside of the post is closed by a casing 27, having flanges 28 29, which cover the stops der the metal finish. Its poor conductivity of heat and sound I consider one of the most valuable characteristics of my invention, since protection against extraneous sounds and conduction of heat through the walls .in steelpassengcr-car construction is of the utmost importance.

Numerous variations from the form herein specifically described are permitted within the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not consider myself limited to the precise form shown.

- \Vhat I claim is 1. In a window construction for railway-- 13 and prevent the entrance of water into the cars, the combination of a metal post, metallic interior of the post. The flanges may be secured to the stops 13 by the same bolts or rivets that fasten the latter to the fillers, as shown. At its lower end the casing is provided with an outstandingflange 30, fitting the belt-rail closely and preventing water from penetrating below the sill between the post and the contiguous edges of the former. At its upper end the casing is covered by the longitudinal sheathing 31.

The finish above the windows on the inside consists of a metal molding 32, engaging a flange or bead on a clamping-strip 33, between which latter and the channel-iron 34 the inner roof-sheathing 35 is held.

Instead of using metallic fillers, as above described, I may employ wooden pieces, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the construction otherwise being the same as that shown in the preceding figures. It will be noted that the plane on which the section shown in Fig. 7 is taken is a little above the abutment 14, Figs. 2 and 3, and hence shows the top of the latter part instead of a section thereof. The wood pieces used as filling members may be treated to render them non-inflammable, if desired.

The side-wall construction below the windows is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. 36 is the plategirder of the side truss forming the outer sheathing. It is preferably made. in

, sections and is riveted to the flanged post members. The joints between sections are covered by vertical plates, one of which is shown at 37. The inner sheathing is indicated at 38, carried by the roof-posts in any convenient way, as by means of angle-pieces 39 40. The floor 41 is supported bythe crosstrusses of the car-frame, one of which is shown at 42.

It will now be seen that a side-post windowframe structure built according to myinvention is. strong and light and may easily be made as ornamental in appearance as desired, the materials used lending themselves readily to that purpose. At the same time the construction is not only simple and inexpensive, but is sound-deadening and a poor conductor of heat on account of the air-spaces in the posts (or the wood fillers where they are used) and the use of the composition sheathing unfilling members on opposite sides of the post and spaced therefrom, sashes carried by the filling members, and a sheathing for the interior finish of the car carried by and covering the space between the filling members, as set forth.

2. In a window construction ears, the combination of a metal post, metallic filling members on opposite sides of the post and having studs for spacing the two apart, stops for the window-sashes carried by the filling members, and a sheathing carried by and covering the space between the filling members, as set forth.

3. In a window construction for railway' cars, the combination with a metal post memher for supporting the roof, of a metal filling member spaced apart from the post members, a channel-bar secured to the filling member, constituting a sash-stop, and a metal sash-stop having a groove for the window-curtain, as set forth.

4. In a window construction for railwaycars, the combination with a metal post member, a metal filling member secured to the post member, the two being spaced apart, of a channel-bar forming 'a sash-stop, an abutment for the upper sash, and a stop consisting of a shaped strip having a groove for the window-curtain, the stops and abutment be-- ing secured to the filling member, as set forth.

stops for the 'windowfor railway- 5. In a window-frame and side-post construction for railway-cars, the combination with posts consisting of metal standards, of filling members secured to the standards, stops for the window-sashes carried by the filling members, and a top member for the windowframe, extending between the post as set forth 6. In a window frame and side-post con struction for railway-cars, the combination with posts consisting of metal standards, of filling members secured to the standards, stops for'the sashes secured to the filling members,

tending between the posts, as set forth.

7. In a railway-car, the combination of side posts consisting of metal standards, filling members secured to the standards, carrying and a channeled top member for the frame ex- I 5 stops for the window-sashes, a top member 3 for the window-frame extending between the posts, a belt-rail below thewhnlov-openings,

and a metal plate on the belt rail, extending into the Window-openings to form the Windowsill, as set forth.

8. In a window construction for railwaycars, an innersill consisting of a flanged membcr secured to the wall of the ear, and a .netal finishing-plate on the outsta'ndirg flangect' the sill member, as set forth.

9. In arailwayar, the combination with the belt-rail belo the windows, and a side post inside the belt rail, of a sill-plate on the belt-rail, and a casing for the post above 12l10 belt-raih-having a flange at its base resting on the sill-plate, as set forth.

. 10. In a railway-car, the combination with a side post, of an outer coveringtherefor consisting of a metal casing having inwardlyturned flanges at its sides, and an outwardlyextending flange around its lower end, as set forth.

11. In a railway-car, the combination with a side post, and a window-sill arotnd the outside of the post, of a sheathing for the out side of the post, consisting of a metal casing,

14. In a railway-car. the cc'nnbination with a side post, of a sound-dead ning and heatinsulating sheathing, and means for securing the sheathing to the post, consisting of sashstops on the sides of the posts having fianges engaging the sheathing, as set forth.

15. In a side-post construction for railwaycars, in combination, a metal side post, an inner sheathing, sash-stops on the sides of the posts having flanges engaging the sheathing, and an outer casing for the post having vertical and horizontal flanges for protection against weather, as set forth.

16. In a side-post construction for railway cars, in combination, a side post, an inner sheathing therefor, consisting of a sheet of souml-deadening and neat-insulating material and a finishing sheet of. metal, and sash-stops on the sides of the post having means for engaging the sheathing to secure thesame in position, as set forth.

17 In a side-post construction for railwaycars, the combination of spaced metal stand ards, a sheathing covering the space between the standards, and saslrstops having means for engaging the sheathing to hold the same in position, as setforth.

18. In a side-post construction for railwaycars, the combination of spaced metal standards, a sheathing covering the space between the standards, and supptn'ts for the sheathing intermediate the standards, as set forth.

(JIEO RG E G I BBS.

\Vitnesses;

LEO B. Hayes, H. S. JOHNSON. 

